Brennan’s restaurant in the French Quarter has been pulled off the auction block after a judge on Wednesday called for a temporary halt to foreclosure proceedings against the beleaguered Royal Street eatery.

The injunction is subject to Owen “Pip” Brennan posting a $150,000 bond in the case by 10 a.m. Thursday. Pip Brennan sought the injunction, and if he fails to post the bond, the sale will go forward, said Phillip A. Wittmann, an attorney representing Ted Brennan and his daughter, Bridget Brennan Tyrrell.

Ted and Pip Brennan are brothers battling each other for control of the restaurant founded more than six decades ago by their father, Owen E. Brennan.

The restaurant, famous for its Eggs Hussarde, Bananas Foster and lavishly long brunches, is heavily in debt. Last year, a company called Leggo/4 bought the mortgages held by Brennan's Inc., and is now suing the business for failure to pay. According to court filings, the restaurant owes $4.1 million to Leggo/4.

Griffin ordered the injunction to stop the seizure and sale of the property, and called for a hearing on the issue for May 30.

U.S. District Court Judge Susie Morgan ruled that Ted Brennan and his daughter could keep control of the restaurant, but Pip Brennan remains a shareholder in the business with the right to vote his shares. The issue arose after Pip Brennan called a contentious shareholders meeting last month in an attempt to oust Ted Brennan and Bridget Brennan Tyrrell from power.

C. Victor Welsh III, who represents Pip Brennan, could not be reached for comment on Wednesday evening.